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H. A, HALLUM.

ELECTROLYTIC CELL. APPLICATION FILED JULY 30 19:8.

1,318,998. Patented Oct. 14,1919.

4 SHEETSSHEET I WITNESS% INVEI/TOR Patented Oct. M, L919.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WITNESSES IV YE N TOR H, A. HALLUM= ELECIROLYHC CELL.APPMCATION FILEDJULY 30. 1918. 1,318,993. v Pat'e'ntegl Oct. 14,1919.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3' WWI/E88 INVENTOR ATTORNEY "izen of -Uiliizeca,

tie, in the cat of King and State of ii invented certain new and Yemente Electrolytic *Ueils; and. hereby declare feilmving so be fuiii clear,and exact description of the ii eniion, such as will enable cthe'rsskiiied in theert ts which is eppe ieins tc ins-ice eini use the samereference being bad. to the ec- A. HALLUL e ccmpenying drawings, and theletters and figures or "ei'eiice mark =61 thereon which a part of this soeci tion.

This inventicn "seietes in new and usefui imprcvemeiits i 11 eieccrolztic cells end $037k sists of e simpe and eiiicient device of skisnature iiziv g various cieteiis of construc- Lien, ccmbm sions andarrangements of parts which Wili be hereinafter 111137 debed shown inill-e accompanying drewings and then specificz iiy' defined, in she ep-PQDCi-S'Ci ciziL-n invention is iiics'breieii in the eccemdmwings which,with the numerals sf refer ace marks-fl thereon, this application enciin which:

1 is view of one c bile ceiis, showing poles in dottedi enii iiiii linesthereinf :2 is e vcrfi centre sections! view through =1 ceii, pziji'izsbeing shown in eleveticn. n

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. zietuiicd view in perspective,

iect-rode, or pesitive pci'e, Wich is a iieaiieai view through a 1701'-51011 OI s cm a new? seek end means for iicidingz the iatier 1'10'11engagement with the cell.

ihc details cf flpecificetien of Letters Ea'ezat.

resici ig at erm apart of K SELL.

Passe-si ted @141 @3319,

else act stabilizer forilie eiecciciybe, TQF3- venting which vvculci becaused The negative pole wiii prcvide e' ierge ei'ee' 01 the hyeiiiegen00 be given off, as Well as eciing esabiiizezs for the eiectmlyiaeendpreventing e sui'ging, which will be caused em, passing tiizcugh thesame and iviiieii the eieciii'ciyte, tcgetixer with the hy'cimgen whichis being given at? from she eegctive pcie, :30 ce'eiimwn against theasbestos certain m diepiimgm 3, shcwn in 2 ezi-cl 3 of the drawin s, andwhich is fastened the Feel by means of e. peripheral be? 5.

Said ceii is pmv'iuieci wiizh am for refill'ng the cell wish Wetei? enci8 is e pet-seek which efiords means for asceifzeining the proper heightof t ne electcciyte wishin See cell. As paint; iiesigneteci by numeral9, mac end ef the bees ber'is me}; so he soldered and numere s la) dlower em cf the ceil; and serves :0 prevent the EiQCtXOdQ 0r pcsi bivepales from Sheri circuiting; with the cell. 0-1" i'iegetive 1001c. A.hydrogen cuciet is tiesigneseii by numeral 13, am} 14; designeies anoutlet for ciiygen which cue-lets are provides; with eiiiiebie ?ubiaerinsulators 15 and 16 which Wiii peeve/iii the cell ircm coming incontactwith the negative-pole which, if 2; Contact fife lnfiiifi,,vv 0fii& havee tendeiic 3c permit the iiyfircgen t0 enter the bxygen ceii 4. Numesvai1'7 \iesignates the terminal of the posiiive pcie, upon which aresuitable inenii 'hevin'g piefefebiy a hole ca ein e1": sufiicient depthits tap to per; nit seiiecing in cf cue enci Of the buss icer.eiciinsuieto rs 18 insulate the eiecti'ciie, or

dive pcie fiom the oxygen cell i, as Well the cuereiit essi Q chrou hi116 cells.

I v I intake pipe T as iiisuiuting the positive poie from the cellproper enci by this manner of insulation the beii becomes a, neutisimember, making it possible to produce oxygen ofe purity of a very highpercentegefi Herd rubber insuietcrs 29 are placed on she electrode toprevent thesenie from coming in contact with iiee oxygen bail e.

Refacing;- to Fig. e of the drawings Wili .ce seen a deieiieci View ci apci tion cf the eiectrode 01" positive pcie provitied with e number 0%i'i'iae 21 vveidel in pcsition and spaces perm 'pmvicie empie surfacefer} iiie eie-rriiic current L to is now in use, as dig l i i i a, his:times (hiring tswenuy- Lrgzoss eiecirode which 1m hicii no: i 1 surfaceiarge enough Lo water to of 500 to through Without oveiwoiiung il'fi'ifie to iiri pi'opeiievoi or overheating the C213, and which sets A a.pipe Lfi extends piefez'zibiy tn resistance of only vois at 500 5121colis and is provided Wit; an oiiiio pi-oiiucing three and one-half cu!ZiiHH'P, the iniake pipe ugjn oxygen and se en cubic few, of hydyogoii]? pipe is vonnec'ted i a. 1 hour on i the soils which ii o 1a piovixz'ii'h in Fig. 5 of ihe iii-owing? i'iis are a;a1m11w ii1imthiioieieiof ihewaiei shown placed at such ungrios as io pm- ,ri' ipeiine may in: maintziiiied in me the asbestos (iiaph 1 from rubbing Thepi 28, which iifiln'lifilliffi at its againstiilfi ribs of the .odepiogi'eiz, 21. 5 and near the top the (ion 9, extends Well aspoi'miiting 21H oxy in lvon off from through ihe in'mko pip-e for as thethe saint: i0 puss upward tiii'oizgh tiio ciizm- I to be nmintziinei iiithe (tell neis of the electrode into ho 'en boii. PM and of tho pipe issub-t1m- 25 Said channels base the tenCen i F1 the mate line of ii e2113 the oxygen. 2

o ward. into 3 and wiii prevent iii-a or: lioii; ii;rsi; g IRUCQ t0assiza'o i1 tiH'GWZQ againsf the ash i k19 i)" 1, 2:5 01 in thepipe28,1)9 1 in the event of 'iiiei'e being a f iu iipe 5), iii; s 3 hole inthe iiltiQl, oxygoii afizr h iowoiefi in oh 5 up and mix with Hie hydroiiio pipe 28 is exposa: L "R in 3 of the drawin i i 101119 wiii rushdown an; admit .o flow Way to'iiiusti'atotim position of iii.v oii z enof Water into the pipo 29, until the water bail and the relativeposition of do oxygen again rises and seals the pipe 28. bail and topcover, and. means for i *Yhziiv I claim to be new is: the asbestosdiaphragm to the boil and whicii oiec'tioiyiic ceii acting as a negative1 his? 501" electro- "9 about 6 or aimmoo and con] provided with a pemem! iia' HS up'oeland, an apertured plate diaphragm acts as a partitionbetween iiie negami e and positii'z miss. allowing, hovw ever, the.eiec-troiytg 91'; as the aim-trio fl i i P888 finmlgii to saiai flange,positive eieciroai ha ing a P ng iiirozuioci atom passing tiiiougii511151 1115217.

from miXi iv iateli from said piate, an or I boii mooni- Za, whenzxiinsted in place, saoii'ieii to ad noon -said stem spaced "b from theEYE-W111i; fl QSmpe of hydrogen. positive eiec'iroe and said piaie andinsu- Fig. '2 of the drawings is iiiJ-siizzial is i iii-erefi'oii 5 beiih i an enlarged View of the positive pole L OfiIiQL passing through an1i mmai 17 wiiii the iU-HiiiliUYS 18, insuiaiing piaie and insuiat d'bilC'liflO n, 2 diaphi'agm if said "boil positive aieosi'ode, and means"for hoiding the lower portion of the diaphragmspaced apart from thepositive electrode,

In testimony "whereof I hereunto zifiix my signature in presence of twoWitnessos.

and oxtei ding about the HENRY A HALLUM.

Witnessos Amiiiiiw KENNEDY, "M7 D Y GRACE iii-oiiolmiwi

